The Berylune Blog

More Easter Crafts!
Zoë made an Easter wreath!  It took a few more chicks than anticipated (I think the final count is 170, which exhausted the stocks of Poundland Leamington). So maybe use a slightly smaller  hoop than we did, or space your...
Easter Crafts - Decorate Blank Easter Eggs
We have blank nests of Easter Eggs in stock, and Amy has been having fun decorating them!


Ingredients:

Nest of 3 blank Easter Egg
1 pot of Mod Podge
3 sheets of tissue paper
A pair of scissors
A paintbruse

Ingredients
Apply a layer of Mod Podge
Smooth tissue in to place, trim and apply a top coat of Mod Podge
Fill with goodies and hide around the house for Easter
Berylune, 45 Park Street, Leamington Spa...
Pretty knitted wash cloths
I have a post by Zoë!:

Our new Retro Designed canisters make great kitchen storage, but they would also look lovely in a bathroom to keep all those little bits and pieces tidy. To go with the canisters you could knit a set of face cloths in coordinating colours. I have used Rico Essential Cotton Soft as it had the shades closest to the designs, I used Melon, Anthracite and Smoke. However, you...
Pom-pom Tutorial
We sell snazzy pom-pom makers in the shop, that make it quick and easy to churn out a few in no time at all! Those of you who came along to #craftpartyleam might have played with them in the craft lounge. We love pom-poms! They have -almost- as many applications as washi tape! We even have a Pinterest board on this very subject for you to look at.

Here's a tutorial on how to use our pom-pom makers:...
Tutorial - Make a Lampshade from a Tea Towel
We were asked to write a guest blog post for Warwickshire's Week of Thrift recently, which we were very excited to be involved with - as you know, we are all natural born thrifters around here! Here is our Tea Towel Lampshade tutorial:

For this project, you will need:
  • 1 x tea towel (or piece of fabric) at least 66cm x 22cm
  • 1 x 20cm lamp shade kit (available to purchase in our shop)
  • A pair of sharp...
Necessity is the mother of invention
My lovely, lovely fella, Nic, bought me my Kitchenaid a couple of years ago. There are a few brands of mixer available, but Kitchenaid wins. They look the coolest, which means you are far more likely to leave them on display all of the time, which means you're far more likely to actually use them!

My favourite recipe book is The Grand Central Baking Book. The page containing their Oatmeal...
Tutorial - Cover a Diary or Notebook
A common topic of conversation here at Berylune is whether or not we should blog craft tutorials. As we're pretty much always making something new around here, we've decided it won't take us long to photograph what we're doing and share it with you.

Our first tutorial is for a fabric cover for a notebook or diary. We needed a couple of diaries so we could keep track of our increasingly busy...